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The Dynamics of Hoax News in the Digital Era: Implications for Media Credibility and Public Perception

Authors
Olih Solihin1, *, Yuni Mogot1, Fajar Adi2
1Universitas Komputer Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia
2Universitas Muhammadiyah Prof. Hamka, Jakarta, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: olih.solihin@email.unikom.ac.id
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Olih Solihin
Available Online 4 July 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-442-6_21How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Digital Journalism; Hoax news; Credibility; Media
Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the dynamics of hoax news that appears in the digital era and how it affects media credibility and public perception. The easy access to information in the digital era is now accompanied by a lot of hoax information, and this has caused a decline in public trust in the media. The researcher used a literature review approach by sifting through previous scientific sources that are relevant to the topic of this research. The relevant sources analyze the main causes of hoaxes, the speed of information on social media, ignoring the accuracy of information, and the economic and political motives for the emergence of hoax news. This research shows that the emergence of hoaxes in this digital age has significantly reduced public trust, created misperceptions, and triggered the birth of social polarization. In conclusion, to suppress and prevent hoaxes, a joint effort is needed from various parties, namely the mass media, government, and society. In addition, there must be a real effort to improve literature in all circles.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Business, Economics, Social Sciences, and Humanities - Humanities and Social Sciences Track (ICOBEST-HSS 2025)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
4 July 2025
ISBN
978-2-38476-442-6
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-442-6_21How to use a DOI?
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© 2025 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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